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Aluminium chloride

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Aluminium(III) chloride
Aluminium trichloride hexahydrate, (top) pure and (bottom) contaminated with Iron(III) chloride
Aluminium trichloride dimer
Aluminium trichloride unit cell
Names
IUPAC name
aluminium chloride
Other names
aluminium(III) chloride
aluminum trichloride
Identifiers
  • 7446-70-0 (anhydrous) checkY
  • 10124-27-3 (hydrate) ☒N
  • 7784-13-6 (hexahydrate) checkY
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.028.371 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 231-208-1
1876
RTECS number
  • BD0530000
UNII
  • InChI=1S/Al.3ClH/h;3*1H/q+3;;;/p-3 checkY
    Key: VSCWAEJMTAWNJL-UHFFFAOYSA-K checkY
  • InChI=1/Al.3ClH/h;3*1H/q+3;;;/p-3
    Key: VSCWAEJMTAWNJL-DFZHHIFOAR
  • monomer: Cl[Al](Cl)Cl
  • dimer: Cl[Al-]1(Cl)[Cl+][Al-]([Cl+]1)(Cl)Cl
Properties
Chemical formula
 AlCl3
Molar mass 133.341 g/mol (anhydrous)
241.432 g/mol (hexahydrate)[1]
Appearance white or pale yellow solid,
hygroscopic
Density 2.48 g/cm3 (anhydrous)
2.398 g/cm3 (hexahydrate)[1]
Melting point 180 °C (356 °F; 453 K)
(anhydrous, sublimes)[1]
100 °C (212 °F; 373 K)
(hexahydrate, dec.)[1]
439 g/l (0 °C)
449 g/l (10 °C)
458 g/l (20 °C)
466 g/l (30 °C)
473 g/l (40 °C)
481 g/l (60 °C)
486 g/l (80 °C)
490 g/l (100 °C)
Solubility soluble in hydrogen chloride, ethanol, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride
slightly soluble in benzene
Vapor pressure 133.3 Pa (99 °C)
13.3 kPa (151 °C)[2]
Viscosity 0.35 cP (197 °C)
0.26 cP (237 °C)[2]
Structure
Monoclinic, mS16
Space group
 C12/m1, No. 12[3]
a = 0.591 nm, b = 0.591 nm, c = 1.752 nm[3]
Lattice volume (V)
 0.52996 nm3
6
Octahedral (solid)
Tetrahedral (liquid)
Trigonal planar
(monomeric vapour)
Thermochemistry
91.1 J/mol·K[4]
109.3 J/mol·K[4]
Std enthalpy of
formation (ΔfH⦵298)
 −704.2 kJ/mol[4]
Gibbs free energy (ΔfG˚)
 -628.8 kJ/mol[4]
Pharmacology
D10AX01 (WHO)
Hazards
Safety data sheet See: data page
GHS labelling:
GHS05: Corrosive[5]GHS06: Toxic
Signal word
 Danger
H314[5]
P280, P305+P351+P338, P310[5]
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
3
0
2
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
LD50 (median dose)
 anhydrous:
380 mg/kg, rat (oral)
hexahydrate:
3311 mg/kg, rat (oral)
NIOSH (US health exposure limits):
PEL (Permissible)
 none[6]
REL (Recommended)
 2 mg/m3[6]
IDLH (Immediate danger)
 N.D.[6]
Related compounds
Other anions
 Aluminium fluoride
Aluminium bromide
Aluminium iodide
Other cations
 Boron trichloride
Gallium trichloride
Indium(III) chloride
Magnesium chloride
Related Lewis acids
 Iron(III) chloride
Boron trifluoride
Supplementary data page
Structure and
properties
 Refractive index (n),
Dielectric constant (εr), etc.
Thermodynamic
data
 Phase behaviour
solid–liquid–gas
Spectral data
 UV, IR, NMR, MS
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Aluminium chloride (AlCl3), also known as aluminium trichloride, describe compounds with the formula AlCl3(H2O)n (n = 0 or 6). They consist of aluminium and chlorine atoms in a 1:3 ratio, and one form also contains six waters of hydration. Both are white solids, but samples are often contaminated with iron(III) chloride, giving a yellow color.

The anhydrous material is important commercially. It has a low melting and boiling point. It is mainly produced and consumed in the production of aluminium metal, but large amounts are also used in other areas of the chemical industry.[7] The compound is often cited as a Lewis acid. It is an example of an inorganic compound that reversibly changes from a polymer to a monomer at mild temperature.

Structure[]

Anhydrous[]

AlCl3 adopts three structures, depending on the temperature and the state (solid, liquid, gas). Solid AlCl3 is a sheet-like layered cubic close packed layers. In this framework, the Al centres exhibit octahedral coordination geometry.[8] Yttrium(III) chloride adopts the same structure, as do a range of other compounds. When aluminium trichloride is in its melted state, it exists as the dimer Al2Cl6, with tetracoordinate aluminium. This change in structure is related to the lower density of the liquid phase (1.78 g/cm3) versus solid aluminium trichloride (2.48 g/cm3). Al2Cl6 dimers are also found in the vapour phase. At higher temperatures, the Al2Cl6 dimers dissociate into trigonal planar AlCl3, which is structurally analogous to BF3. The melt conducts electricity poorly,[9] unlike more-ionic halides such as sodium chloride.

Aluminium chloride monomer belongs to the point group D3h in its monomeric form and D2h in its dimeric form.

Hexahydrate[]

Aluminium-trichloride-3D-structures.png

The hexahydrate consists of octahedral [Al(H2O)6]3+ centers and chloride counterions. Hydrogen bonds link the cation and anions.[10] The hydrated form of aluminium chloride has an octahedral molecular geometry, with the central aluminium ion surrounded by six water ligand molecules. Being coordinatively saturated, the hydrate is of little value as a catalyst in Friedel-Crafts alkylation and related reactions.

Uses[]

Alkylation and acylation of arenes[]

AlCl3 is a common Lewis-acid catalyst for Friedel–Crafts reactions, both acylations and alkylations.[11] Important products are detergents and ethylbenzene. These types of reactions are the major use for aluminium chloride, for example, in the preparation of anthraquinone (used in the dyestuffs industry) from benzene and phosgene.[9] In the general Friedel–Crafts reaction, an acyl chloride or alkyl halide reacts with an aromatic system as shown:[11]

Benzene Friedel-Crafts alkylation-diagram.svg

The alkylation reaction is more widely used than the acylation reaction, although its practice is more technically demanding. For both reactions, the aluminium chloride, as well as other materials and the equipment, should be dry, although a trace of moisture is necessary for the reaction to proceed.[12] Detailed procedures are available for alkylation[13] and acylation[14][15] of arenes.

A general problem with the Friedel–Crafts reaction is that the aluminium chloride catalyst sometimes is required in full stoichiometric quantities, because it complexes strongly with the products. This complication sometimes generates a large amount of corrosive waste. For these and similar reasons, the use of aluminium chloride has often been displaced by zeolites.[7]

Aluminium chloride can also be used to introduce aldehyde groups onto aromatic rings, for example via the Gattermann-Koch reaction which uses carbon monoxide, hydrogen chloride and a copper(I) chloride co-catalyst.[16]

AlCl3 formylation.gif

Other applications in organic and organometallic synthesis[]

Aluminium chloride finds a wide variety of other applications in organic chemistry.[17] For example, it can catalyse the "ene reaction", such as the addition of 3-buten-2-one (methyl vinyl ketone) to carvone:[18]

AlCl3 ene rxn.gif

It is used to induce a variety of hydrocarbon couplings and rearrangements.[19][20]

Aluminium chloride combined with aluminium in the presence of an arene can be used to synthesize bis(arene) metal complexes, e.g. bis(benzene)chromium, from certain metal halides via the so-called Fischer-Hafner synthesis. Dichlorophenylphosphine is prepared by reaction of benzene and phosphorus trichloride catalyzed by aluminium chloride.[21]

Reactions[]

Anhydrous aluminium chloride is a powerful Lewis acid, capable of forming Lewis acid-base adducts with even weak Lewis bases such as benzophenone and mesitylene.[11] It forms tetrachloroaluminate (AlCl4−) in the presence of chloride ions.

Aluminium chloride reacts with calcium and magnesium hydrides in tetrahydrofuran forming tetrahydroaluminates.

Reactions with water[]

Anhydrous aluminium chloride is hygroscopic, having a very pronounced affinity for water. It fumes in moist air and hisses when mixed with liquid water as the Cl− ligands are displaced with H2O molecules to form the hexahydrate [Al(H2O)6]Cl3 . The anhydrous phase cannot be regained on heating the hexahydrate. Instead HCl is lost leaving aluminium hydroxide or alumina (aluminium oxide):

Al(H2O)6Cl3 → Al(OH)3 + 3 HCl + 3 H2O

Like metal aquo complexes, aqueous AlCl3 is acidic owing to the ionization of the aquo ligands:

[Al(H2O)6]3+ ⇌ [Al(OH)(H2O)5]2+ + H+

Aqueous solutions behave similarly to other aluminium salts containing hydrated Al3+ ions, giving a gelatinous precipitate of aluminium hydroxide upon reaction with dilute sodium hydroxide:

AlCl3 + 3 NaOH → [Al(OH)3] + 3 NaCl

Synthesis[]

Aluminium chloride is manufactured on a large scale by the exothermic reaction of aluminium metal with chlorine or hydrogen chloride at temperatures between 650 to 750 °C (1,202 to 1,382 °F).[9]

2 Al + 3 Cl2 → 2 AlCl3
2 Al + 6 HCl → 2 AlCl3 + 3 H2

Aluminum chloride may be formed via a single displacement reaction between copper chloride and aluminum metal.

2 Al + 3 CuCl2 → 2 AlCl3 + 3 Cu

In the US in 1993, approximately 21,000 tons were produced, not counting the amounts consumed in the production of aluminium.[7]

Hydrated aluminium trichloride is prepared by dissolving aluminium oxides in hydrochloric acid. Metallic aluminum also readily dissolves in hydrochloric acid ─ releasing hydrogen gas and generating considerable heat. Heating this solid does not produce anhydrous aluminium trichloride, the hexahydrate decomposes to aluminium hydroxide when heated:

Al(H2O)6Cl3 → Al(OH)3 + 3 HCl + 3 H2O

Aluminium also forms a lower chloride, aluminium(I) chloride (AlCl), but this is very unstable and only known in the vapour phase.[9]

Natural occurrence[]

Anhydrous aluminum chloride is not found as a mineral. The hexahydrate, however, is known as the rare mineral chloraluminite.[22] A more complex, basic and hydrated aluminum chloride mineral is cadwaladerite.[23][22]

Safety[]

Anhydrous AlCl3 reacts vigorously with bases, so suitable precautions are required. It can cause irritation to the eyes, skin, and the respiratory system if inhaled or on contact.[24]

See also[]

References[]

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